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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

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Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).

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Godfrey Cheshire Variety Full of very obvious spoofery, and funnier in concept than in execution. Feb 5, 2008 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times A free-for-all comic spoof that brings the 'hood' genre of Hollywood films full circle. Rated: 3/5 Aug 30, 2004 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Things might be bad, the movie suggests, but they're not so bad you can't laugh. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life The Wayans boys are back! Their satires are silly and sometimes hilarious, but more importantly they enable us to laugh at ourselves. May 13, 2022 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Only briefly do the writers attempt any humor that is inflammatory, however. They go, mainly, for broad slapstick - aiming low. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 1, 2022 Full Review Deborah Hornblow Hartford Courant Perhaps if "Menace'' had been shorter and some of the weaker sketches had been left on the cutting-room floor, it would have added up to a stronger whole. In the end, it is too small a menace to match the efforts of filmmakers like Singleton and Lee. Rated: 2/5 Jan 2, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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К.А. K A vulgar, quirky, but insanely funny parody of the Ganster movies from the early 90’s. In our time such a film is probably impossible to shoot. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review James N I watched this movie at least 100 times when I was a teenager. It was sooo funny then and still makes me laugh now just a little differently as an adult. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/21/25 Full Review Jarl S Funny AF mane. This movie had me rolling on some of these scenes. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/25 Full Review Byron H 3/4 30 years & counting it's still hilarious. Slapstick at its finest. Grandma is one of the coolest characters in movie history in this film... Believe it or not! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/01/25 Full Review Audience Member The best film i ever seen!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Omar R Bastante divertida y claro ejemplo de cómo fue evolucionando la comedia de los hermanos Wayans, no es su mejor película pero si aguanta un rato. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/22/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Paris Barclay

Director

Shawn Wayans

Ashtray

Marlon Wayans

Loc Dog

Tracey Cherelle Jones

Dashiki

Chris Spencer

Preach

Suli McCullough

Crazy Legs

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

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Movie Info

Synopsis Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).
Director
Paris Barclay
Producer
Eric L. Gold, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter
Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman
Distributor
Miramax Films, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Ivory Way Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 12, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.5M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo